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Re:I Can Has Funding: Cheezburger Raises $30M by hugh3 on Tuesday January 18, 2011 @04:08AM (#2115176)
s/lolcats/pet rocks/

Pet rocks, after all, are also cute. So, I guess, were Beanie Babies and Tamagotchis and... probably a bunch of earlier trends that I'm too young to remember.

What's interesting about lolcats, actually, is that the initial wave of popularity must have been way back in 2006 if I recall correctly. Those were the days when "Monorail Cat" and "Invisible Bicycle" had me chuckling at inappropriate moments for several days. But, like most people, I tired of them pretty quick. It's quite impressive that there's still a community dedicated to them.

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Re:I Can Has Funding: Cheezburger Raises $30M by ShardPhoenix on Tuesday January 18, 2011 @05:10AM (#2115308)
Unlike those things, there have been grandmas buying decorative cat plates for decades. Lolcats are just the same thing with an element of comedy.
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